1 Then it came about, when Jabinking of 1Hazorheard of it, that he sent to Jobabking of Madon and to the king of Shimron and to the king of Achshaph,
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and to the kingswho were of the north in the hillcountry, and in the 2Arabah-south of Chinneroth and in the lowland and on the heights of Dor on the west -
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to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the hillcountry, and 3the Hivite at the foot of 4Hermon in the land of 5Mizpeh.
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They came out, they and all their armies with them, 6as manypeople as the sand that is on the seashore*, with verymanyhorses and chariots.
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So all of thesekings having agreed to meet, came and encampedtogether at the waters of Merom, to fightagainstIsrael.
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Then the LORDsaid to Joshua, "7Do not be afraidbecause* of them, for tomorrow at thistime I will deliverall of them slainbeforeIsrael; you shall 8hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire."
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So Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and attacked them.
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The LORDdelivered them into the hand of Israel, so that they defeated them, and pursued them as far as GreatSidon and 9Misrephoth-maim and the valley of 10Mizpeh to the east; and they struck them untilnosurvivor was left to them.
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Joshuadid to them as the LORD had told him; he 11hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.
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Then Joshuaturnedback at that time, and captured12Hazor and struck its king with the sword; for Hazorformerly was the head of allthesekingdoms.
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13They struckeverypersonwho was in it with the edge of the sword, utterlydestroying them; there was no* one leftwhobreathed. And he burnedHazor with fire.